Roger Williams and Queen Victoria Memorial Almshouses

Analysis

Roger Williams and Queen Victoria Memorial Almshouses is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newport. It was registered in June 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover accommodation/housing, which this site groups under housing and shelter. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Roger Williams and Queen Victoria Memorial Almshouses reported income of £66k and spending of £52k, leaving 21% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £79k to £66k (-16%), an average of -4.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 60%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Roger Williams and Queen Victoria Memorial Almshouses sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hurstpierpoint Village Centre (£65k), Halfway Home (Stoke-On-Trent) (£66k) and Hurstpierpoint Cottage Trust (£65k).